David of The Crosshairs Trader Blog recently mentioned SMB’s Mike Bellafiore for his three self coaching principles.
SMB on Wall Street Warriors
Watch SMB Capital on Wall Street Warriors.
SMB Morning Rundown – July 26, 2010
The SMB Morning Rundown highlights the key levels in the Market and the best trading setup that we have identified for the Open.
A ? 4 the Trading Community- Specialize or Well-Rounded
Dr. Steenbarger helped SMB recognize one of the improvements we could make at our firm awhile ago. The partners and Senior Traders must be responsible for a great deal of teaching and mentoring. But if traders are not leveraging the talent of all firm members then that firm is not offering the best learning environment. Traders learn from other traders … Read More
10x = X
Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better. Pat Riley Maybe I am starting to get a little old. Maybe the half a generation removed from most of our traders is the difference. Then there is my pending marriage and their out-till-4AM shenanigans. But I see a disturbing trend with a few developing traders and some potential … Read More
Burn the Boats
“Burn the boats.” I cannot stop thinking about this video introduced to us by crosshairstrader. If you are a serious market participant please watch it. There is a lot of this market is too hard out there. When I first started trading we had one CRT monitor. We had no charts. There was no newsfeed. Our trading system would … Read More
SMB Trade of the Week: TSLA
Watch SMB Trade of the Week, a Momentum IPO Trade in TSLA
Book Review One Good Trade by Dr. Steenbarger @ Seeking Alpha
Dr. Steenbarger, author of the The Daily Trading Coach, reviews One Good Trade: Inside the Highly Competitive World of Proprietary Trading (Wiley Trading) in this article at Seeking Alpha. From Dr. Steenbarger: Prop trading firms have traditionally been quite secretive about what they do and how they do it. Mike has lifted that lid, offering a variety of lessons that … Read More